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Page 189
... gave him the advice on which he always afterwards acted . He got up at five , lit the fire if the weather were chilly , and dressed in a careful methodical manner , allowing himself an hour for these processes . Probably that mentally ...
... gave him the advice on which he always afterwards acted . He got up at five , lit the fire if the weather were chilly , and dressed in a careful methodical manner , allowing himself an hour for these processes . Probably that mentally ...
Page 459
... gave no cause for anxiety to a man who was making a large income , as he must have been doing at this time , and was living within it , or he would not have reached that position . CHAPTER LXXIV . A few weeks after John Ballantyne's ...
... gave no cause for anxiety to a man who was making a large income , as he must have been doing at this time , and was living within it , or he would not have reached that position . CHAPTER LXXIV . A few weeks after John Ballantyne's ...
Page 681
... gave them the proof - sheets of about half a new novel to read . He went into the next room , to his own work , but came in at intervals as the morning passed , to enquire how they liked the tale . With the old boldness of conception ...
... gave them the proof - sheets of about half a new novel to read . He went into the next room , to his own work , but came in at intervals as the morning passed , to enquire how they liked the tale . With the old boldness of conception ...
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